Disclaimer: No, I'm not Stephanie Meyer (Shocker, I know. But if I was, this or something very similar would have happened at the end of New Moon) So I own none of this. Just the plot.

A/N: Alright, I knowww that I should be updating my Harry Potter fic, but you guys just got an update a few days ago, so come on, be open minded! And I had this idea in my head for a while now, and it wouldn't go away, so I couldn't resist adding it! Don't send me to the Gallows just yet ... Relax, I'll still update the L&J fic. That is first priority. This is sort of a side project i couldn't help myself from adding. So chill.

Summary:

Set near the end of New Moon, right after Bella has left her house with Alice to go and save Edward. Jacob is heart broken, but forced to go to Harry Clearwater's funeral. There he sees Leah, and before he knows what's happening, everything changes. It all happens so fast ... Can Jake cope and maybe even find happiness with Leah? BLACKWATER! If you don't like it, then you might want to stop reading right now, and press the little "Back" button at the top of the page. But I still reccomend you give it a try!

Enjoy.

She's gone. She left me. For him. No, for it. For that damn bloodsucker! She chose almost certain freaking death over me. Damn it, do I mean that little to her?

Why did that stupid female bloodsucker have to come back? They already ruined her life once, and now they wanted to do it again, just when she was getting better. She was going off to die for the very leech that ruined her life. The thoughts raged in my mind as, for the first time since the beginning, I lost control and exploded into a wolf against my will.

I dashed out of the house, for fear that if I stayed, I'd put my fist through the wall. Once I was in the forest, I ran around aimlessly, attacking trees, trying to let out my anger.

She left me for a goddamn bloodsucker!

Then a voice entered my head.

Sam.

I let all my thoughts pour into him, of her leaving with the leech, of the conversation I'd barely understood, even the betrayal and rage that I felt. He remained silent for a while, drinking it all in. I could feel his relief that the bloodsucker – Alice – had left. I couldn't care less.

Come to the funeral, Jacob. You are needed here. If Bella has gone, it is her own choice. There is nothing more you can do. Come to the funeral.

I growled. I didn't want to be around anyone.

Your brothers need you. Think of Seth.

I felt a wave of guilt, but that was soon crushed by the other explosive emotions coursing through me.

You will come to the funeral and fill you duties to your Tribe and your friends. He'd made it an order in the double timbre of the Alpha, so I couldn't do anything about it. My legs moved on their own, taking me to the funeral. I quickly snatched my clothes in my mouth and began running in defeat.

Damn it, Sam!

Seth needs you right now. The thought was softer, gentler. I knew he was right. Billy needs you. Do right by them. You are the only one Seth feels is a friend in this troubling time for him. You helped him most when he first phased. Come on, Jacob.

I groaned and began running faster towards the funeral, an invisible hand pulling me in. I kept running in a blur, too fast to be seen. When I neared the place where I knew it was going on, I phased back and pulled on my clothes. The service had already started. I found an empty seat at the back and sat there, ignoring Sam, Embry and Quil beckoning to me quietly. They stopped, and left me alone with my thoughts. Smart of them.

Where was Bella now? At the airport? No, it hadn't been that long. It took longer than that, didn't it? And then, what? She'd go off to Italy, or wherever that leech went to kill himself, and she'd just get herself killed. Ugh, just the thought hurt! How she had made this choice, I'd never understand. Damn it, I didn't want to understand! She should've let him die. He deserved it, for what he did to her. Heat coursed through me as I thought about everything the bloodsuckers had done. About every time I had seen her holding herself, like she was about to fall apart. The image of her laying there as Sam found her.

I felt like ripping someone's throat out, I was so pissed. I felt the now-familiar trembles running up my hands. No, that wasn't good. Focus, Jake! I told myself. Focus. I was better at keeping calm than the others, but that was not much of a comfort. Sam was right, Seth needs you. Billy needs you. Calm down and focus.

I looked up to find my father. There, he was going up to the coffin. Who was that pushing him? Oh, right. Seth. Poor kid. Poor Seth, and Sue, and Leah.

Oh, God. What was I thinking? They must be so upset. They really did need me. I wanted to be there for them, and yet a part of me didn't really care that much. The same part of me that had died when Bella left with the leech. The part that would die yet again, and kill just about every other part of me too, when she died. Nevertheless, I got up and walked over to my dad and Seth, something i assumed to be the command of the Alpha still compelling me, though it was partially my own choice. Both of them had tears streaking their faces. I touched Seth's shoulder and he backed away, nodding slightly. I grabbed Billy's chair and he looked up at me and gave a sad smile. He looked at his friend and put a flower on his chest.

"Goodbye, old friend," he mumbled. I pushed him away, towards Sue. She was crying on Seth's shoulder. Poor kid. He'd only just phased for the first time three weeks ago, and it had been just two weeks since we got him to phase back. He was going through enough. I could see his hands trembling, and I went beside him and put my hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him. He nodded appreciatively and the shaking slowed, before stopping completely. He was showing incredible control.

Bella must have reached the airport by now. She and the female bloodsucker are probably buying tickets right now. Flying to her death.

I shuddered, pushing the thought away. C'mon, Jake. Focus.

I looked around for Leah. She had just come back to La Push yesterday, for the funeral. I hadn't seen her in ages, but when we were younger and our dads shoved us together when they went fishing, we used to have fun messing with my sisters, making fun of Seth. That was before Sam had left her for Emily and she became a complete pain to be around. I tried to focus on the earlier memories of her. She was at her father's coffin. Tears were falling thick and fast. She sobbed and turned away, coming towards the rest of her family. I felt the urge to go up to her and just comfort her.

She looked up and, for the briefest second, our eyes met. And in that instant, everything else disappeared. Bella and her Bloodsuckers were like a distant dream. My hand fell from Seth's shoulder and I stared at her. Heat flooded through me, and not the same heat as the anger, it was a new heat.

It was glowing.

Everything inside me came undone as I stared at her face, long after she had looked away and stood hugging her mother. I felt different, yet somehow the same. It felt like everything that made me who I was had slipped away, cut off from me like thread. I wasn't left hanging, though. They were replaced by a new string. Millions of strings. Not strings, even. More like steel cables. These held me on the Earth now, not gravity, and all of them tied me to her. To Leah.

It scared the hell out of me.

I backed away, forgetting where I was, and what I was doing. I ran. Just ran, and kept running. I don't know when exactly I phased, but one moment I was running through the forest on two legs, and the next I was on all fours, paws thudding on the ground hard and fast as I ran. A small part of me registered with irritation that I'd ripped my clothes again, but I hardly cared. The farther I got, the slower I went, the mysterious cables keeping me from going too far, from leaving her behind.

I skidded to a halt and turned. I didn't want to go back, but I couldn't not go back. I thought about going to the funeral, but I had no clothes. I growled at myself for my stupidity. Then suddenly another voice was in my head. Someone else had phased, I could tell.

What the hell are you doing? Why did you run away like that? Sam. Of course. Why is he always there when I want to be alone? He would be angry I ran out on everyone. Before I could conceal any of the thoughts running through my mind, he saw it all.

You … you've imprinted. On Leah… Jacob! What did you just do?

I growled. That was pretty daft. He knew better than any of us that it was involuntary.

Ugh. You're right. Where are you?

I showed him an image of where I was and next moment he was standing there in front of me, a giant black wolf, a head taller than me.

What the hell was that, Sam? What just happened to me?

You imprinted. On Leah. You must know that. He sounded stiff, almost angry.

I know, but … Holy crap. What the hell. It can't be! It's … Leah. I - I'm not ... Confused as I was, I could also see in his head the mixed feelings he was having.

Happiness, that Leah could finally move on, that she wouldn't hurt anymore. That she had someone.

Worry, that I would hurt her. He was certain, after what had happened with Emily.

Fear, that she'd know the truth now and –

Stop it. I do not need a replay of all my thoughts! I felt the anger pouring off of him, and then I saw it. The one thought that he had been keeping from all of us since we had first phased.

You still love Leah.

I – no. That is not it. We can never be. I am with Emily now. She is my everything.

But … you still care for Leah, don't you? I can see it.

She will always mean a lot to me. And I did love her once. It has always pained me, what I did to her. I, I am glad she will have someone now. But first, we must talk. You know little about imprinting. You could hurt her.

Sorry. I – I just … I'm going to go now. I need to think. Alone.

Jacob, n –

Before he could give me an order I would have to obey, I phased, not caring I was naked. I ran home without looking back at Sam. It hurt to be so far from her. I put on some new clothes and ran like hell back to the funeral. I needed to talk to her.

The funeral was over by then. Where was she? Even as the thought came to me, before I even looked, I knew where she was. Something was pulling me to her. I walked into the forest, looking around, sniffing for her scent, following the pull, so similar to that of gravity, yet so much stronger, and I found her.

She sat in a little clearing in the far side of the forest, on her own, hugging her legs to her chest, with her head on her knees. She was crying.

More than anything in the world, I wanted to reach out and hug her. To tell her it was alright. I stepped out of the trees and she looked up in shock, quickly wiping her eyes.

"Wh – what are you doing here?" she snapped, trying to look as though she hadn't just been crying. I walked over to her and sat beside her.

"I just came to make sure you were alright."

A/N: Well, there it is, the first chapter of my first real Fic. The HP one doesn't count, because it's just reading the book, no original plotline or anything. And the other Oneshot doesn't either, coz it's a oneshot! Tell me if it sucks, and I won't bother continuing. Even though I really want to, and I already have the next, like, five chapters planned out in my head! Let me know!! REVIEW!!!

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